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??nu - . ^ rr- in - i 11 ? ? - ? i i i ? -ii ir .jj j m i .? -lin i -ti- ?? rmiTT i m -inntr Tri-ir ir^_-_aagBHHgttSBS!~J.-mutMmmTRIWEEKLY ??? PHONIX.__.___ _ _ _*__*_? tjjwHPES t\tfjyjWBB^Byflw *"Let onr just Censure ^j^^^^jSj^^fe^T Attend the True Event."BY J. A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ?), 1871. VOL. VII-NO. 112.^ggg g y- i g gfcjg jjTita fiar Btr?n&?9<? Bjlaiiiicr.. BV A? MIISCQY?. nUOK; ,When Freedom, Bick oj Plymoath.F.cck," ' Its blarney and its social treasons;< bink ot tho na? al-twanging flock.That orowd her couria for selfish reasons;Hiok of the lohg? enormons billsPaid thieve? for plundering wlom th ojdare to; '' And eiok ot all tbo thone and illsThat Freedom, in this land, ia heir to; :Hoart-eiok to Bea her sacred flag,Willoh grand "Old Hickory" once saluted.By every louey scalawagTo pelf and plunder prostitutedSb? swore, that'ero lte fold? ohonld llok. The dost for theft and thoae who plot it,Rlio'd furl it up and send it, quiok,To Heavon, from whenoe* 'tia said, ehe?got Ul,y ,.But ,wbou she palled her oagie down.To- oxeuuto too thought within her,Bo like a buzzard had be grown,Shu scarcely knew the hoary einner!Where erst lier Btatne stood, to draw"denla gaze, from Maine to Oarolina,There rose, sustained by ni*1 Mal law.The head and bust of dusky DinablThe milky baldrio of the ?lues,Aurora's bright and blushing daughter,1 Seemed, Unto Freedom's tearfnl eyes,I - > A ?iqkly et roam of milk and' water;' There, tao, the pure celestial white,Once tribunt Caucasian blood to flatter,,, >Vas s tripod, not with the morning light,Bot a i?ix'd shade, yclept mulattoAU in obedience to the lawWhich boldeth bim than moat-axo dullerWho seers; or thinks ho over Baw,i. -Distinction on aooonnt of color.- The'warrior. Grant, was blasting stone,;Wlpio ah tho lightning lancee rur.od,Tho warriors of tho storm wero gone,UM Tile-thunder-drum of heaven waa busted!And as her ppringiug stops adyanoe,, ,?'For bli anio, poor Freedom almost swoons,' To san Den. Butler's eye askance i?t Horac? Greeley'* silypr apoonb!g of the sea! thy atara aro dim. , . Which eyes of Ku ru po quailed to follow;Snatched from thy azure bloc by himWho envied Vane? hie loyal collar 1And from its gorgeous dyes-and'all[A rainbow on tbe cloud reclining,Ween Rury sabres r?B6 and'*' I,]. Bob Bchonck has stolen%*o silver lining,To"cover up hi,? ailvor-miningl: And'to its staff,1 from which once hungThese glories all together blended,A wi it whoso praise the poota siiug,- Called habeas corpus, ie Suspended.'Poor Froedom, stoker'than before,Awoke, as ono who long bad slept,And, sitting at the White floue o door,-rTWaa thus she sung, and wept:"Flag of tho freo heart's hopo and homo!','[ Fret-heart an't in-sho'a j outstepped out!]"Thy Biara bava lit the welkin dome! *[Before the starB full, then, no doubll]"Forever'flaut- that standard sheet!"[Poor sheet, you'r^o very badly alii!]"With"freedom's noil beneath our feet!"ll don't believe il-not a bit!]TUE FINANCES, OE SOUTH CAEOLINA..- .The New York Daily Bulletin-a com?mercial journal of high standing-in 1publishing the report of the committee 1of citizens, who recently "examined the 'books of the State Treasurer, at Colum?bia, ss far as practicable," says:' -'WoBhall not venture to prejudge theaccounts of tbe Financial Agent; but 'that ho should control such nu enormous jamount of bonds, and that nothing,should be known at the State Treasuryrespecting the naturo of his operations,the condition of his accounts, or tho ex t!tent to which he has involved the credit Ipf the State, is a mutter which, to say (tho least, demands the promptest remo-lidy. Mr. Kimpton's promised statement I1should not bo delayed ono day; nor do"we Bee why it ueed be; and it is due tohimself that he should invite, at once, BPfull examination of his accounts by par- \ties who would command public conti-!dence.The public very properly ask, how is',it that the State authorities know, or !profess to know, so little of tho opora !lions of tho New York agency, wheu albtho debt operations have been conducted j4through it? There is cither gross uo-jjgleet or something worse in this appa?rent ignorance; aud the publio can only!1,be expected to discredit the Stateiofficials until the mystery is cleared upi',and everything told. If people distrust ?the Government, and, as Governor Scott 'complains, tbo prim has protested and 'tbe peoplo have begun to mutter the|foul word "repudiation," what wonder, 4; when the most extraordinary irregulari-^ties aro wrapt up in profound secrecy?!Until the Governor gives tbe publio a i1f?ll and fair statement of everything, he!'C?n only expect to be distrusted, and all'1who hold positions of financial trust!'und?r him.It appears, from the report of the com-!'mittee, that tbe Financial Agent has 1"hypothecated $3,773,000 of bonds, *ngainst advances amounting to something' !over 8900,0110; but, ou what aooouut this!!rooney was borrowed, they fail to show.'Their report states, relating to a summa-11ry of the debt, which we give below: Is"In tbo above statement it will be ob-' 'served that tho sum ofS'203,000, already 1referred to, has been deduct ed from the!'estimated debt of 1869; whether iii'should be so deducted must necessarily rdepend upon tho report of the Financial"Agent. It is admitted that this amount (of the debt has baen redeemed, but its''fitiul position'in the account cannot now'''be ascertained with certainty."; WP ?nderatapd this to imply that the'1pommitteo wns unable to satisfy itself ol'1tU?'iuo'orrectne*3 of a report current 1hore that bouds received for redemption,''orin tbe way of conversions, have been1'used as collateral for loans. Respecting!'tho $200,000 held in tho sinking fund,11fatso deducted from Raid statement oildebt,) tbe report makes the darkly sog 1gest j yo remark: I<?Tbia sum purports to bo on hand forthe retirement of that amount of tho ex?isting debt. If tho whole of it or anyportion has been ufced, (which can onlyappear by tho report of tbo FinancialAgent,) tho amount so used becomes aportion of the floating debt."Thus, tho committeo suggest a grave,doubt that not only hus tho sinking fund!1boen diverted from its proper use, bat Jjthat retired bonds huvo been redstttled. !What have tbe State officials to say to'1these imputations? How long do tbcy!suppose tho bond-holders and tux-pay-!1ern will keep their patienco undor the']dark suspicious thus inevitably sng-!gested? Their reticence is naturally1!construed as an evidence of guilt; and .?et Governor Scott, in au official bullo-1tin, assumed an air of injured virtue! rThe oommittoo deserve thunks for !what they bavo done; but sonia explana-'1tion is required of tbe reasons which !prevented them from extending their ex?aminations to tho office of the FinancialAgent, where only they could expect to]hud tbo information ubont which the!!publio are most conocrned. j IThe Bey of Tunis recently seut Gen..!Grant "his cordial and friendly greet?ings." Whon informed of it, be imine* !diatoly rang for tho White HOUHO stow-"ard. Upon tho appearance of that'!functionary, Gen. Grunt dr?w bim aside1and nervously asked if ho bad receivedthat cordial, how many cases thorn were,!'aud where ho stowed it. A tap on the"Chief Executive's shoulder by Gen,jHorace Porter, who wns present, how-'1over, speedily rel laved tho steward from:embarrassment. 1TUB PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.-The th i rdannual message/.of President Grantopens with a reiteration of the policyannounced in his inaugural message."The policy has heoa not to inquire intothe wisdom of the laws already enacted,hut to learn their spirit and intent, andto enforce them accordingly"-a senti?ment which, if literally adhered to,would preclude tho Executive from mak?ing many useful recommendations forthe repeal or modification of laws foundto be bud. Tho exceptional calamitiesby fire and flood which hare marked thepast year, und which huve led to tho dis?play of so much active benevolence andgenerous sympathy ab homo and abroad,receive appropriate mention, while theyear is recognized to have been, '.'underi wiso Providence, one of general pros?perity to tho nation." , ,Under the heud of foreign relations,the couutry is properly congratulatedapon tho beneficial tlleots likely to re?mit from the treaty of Washington,both UR u settlement of our differenceswith Great Britain, and an un exampleto the world bow wars may bo avoidedwithout a eacrince of national, honor.Jredit is gives to our diplomatic audconsular agents nt Paris for the mannerin which they have performed their do.icato duties without wounding tho sus?ceptibilities of Freuch or (lennans dur.ug tho trying scened iu France of thcpast twelve mouths.Some surprise will doubtless be felt tcIud M. Cutaoazy elevated to tho dignityif a national grievance, and tho purolypersonal, difficulties between that obnoxOUB euvoy und tho administration niWashington deemed worthy of a placeu the President's message. lu formetjases, such as those of citizen Genetluriug the administration of Washingon, and of Mr. Crampton, during th<Jriuieau war, it was tho violation of lav-athcr than bf personal.or diplomataproperties, which incurred tho cenaun>f the Exeoutivo, and which was brougho the attention of the nation, liefermoe is made to thc diplomatic failure iiJoren, and to tho success achieved b;Vd m i ral Rodgers over u semi-barbarousjeople, and tho whole subject is lef"for such adieu us Congress may seo ?o take."The abolition of slavery' by Brazil inade the subject ol' presidential nongraiulutiou, and the enactment by Congees>f u stringent law is recommended t'each the casu of American citizens wheu their business dealings with planteriud others in countries whero slavery iitill tolerated by law, may become intelsated as mortgagees or otherwise in thiipecies of property. Tho rumors whiclave been rife of pending difficult ievith Spaiu, und possible Intervent ion ihe affairs of Cuba, hud uo uouuteuaucn what is said iu the message upon theeleads.Turning from foreign to " dornest:kffdirs, the first and most important r<sommeudation of the inessago is, thijoth the tani! and internal laws bo m<lided, with a view to lightening tllurdens at-present imposed upou tljouutry. It is recom mended that "fi?axes from internal reven uo sources Iibolished, except thuse collected froipirituous, vinous and malt liquors, tjacco iu its various forms, uud froitampe," which amounts to a tacit rlornnieudation to abolish tho income ta[n any re-adjustment of tho tariff, it.ecommended that thone articles not prluced at horne, but which enter lurgeuto geoeral consumption through meijinns, compounds, Sea., aud from whiittle revenue is derived, should bo plac>u the free list, and that "should a ft.her r?duction bo deemed advisable,should bo made upon those artic!which can best bear it without distui.og home productiou or reducing tlabors of American labor." Thia lattrecommendation hus tho merit of beiio exceedingly general, that it prohalwill give no offenoo uvou to tho nuirdent protectionists. For particuhipou this hoad, Congress is referred-he report of the Secretory of the Tnlury. Tho fluctuations in the cu rr erire deplored, and tho wisdom of Cejreas ia invoked to find a remedy, whis the nearest tho President comesibo wing any coucern upou tho subjectipecie payments. The message reirates the condemnation heretofore pjounced hy tho Secretary of tho Trmry upoo the present infamous syst)f moieties to informers in the reveiiervioe of tho country-a system whiwhile condemned iu theory, is saidpractice, however, lo flourish execugly.lu tho navy, the employment oi sar.lumerary officers iu tho merchant itice, (as in Eugluod and other co;rios.) uud that promotion ubovorank of captain ho mudo by sulecti.?atead of seniority, (us ut prcHont,)sio be recommendations worthy themention of CongresH. The plan of unit.ho telegraph service with tho ordiupostal service of tho county is ur jipon tho favorable consideration of Ctress, ns recommended by tho Postn:er-Geiieial. Tho revenues of tho?artmeut continue to improve.Tho meuaures taken for tho cufonout of tho Ku Klux law aro nextviewed. The proclamation of Ootc17 is justiiitid, upon tho ground thatrequirements of tho proclamation of;ober 12, requiring tho members ofawful combinations, within tivo davmrrender "all their arms, ammunitluiforms, disguises, mid other meansimplements used by them for carr;jut their unlawful purposes-," hudbeen complied with, Tho existentthe "unlawful combinations," "posea," "arms," "uniform" uud "iumenta" ia taken for grunted. "Aror trial in the judicial tribunals ofUnited States" ia promised tho pawho have been arrested, ia numbers tll und reds, and wo may add, also, 1conviction, inasmuch ns it is added:is believed that no innocent perunow in custody." If a "regular" trto tako place, tito question of guiinnocence, ono would havo .sappimight have been left to tho ..joeltribunals." A reign of terror htbeen mungi)rated, tho fact that nunof persons havo "absconded" is uasito bo "good ground for supposingill such persons have violated thc luThe suppression ol polygamy in Utah,with a provision for tho legitimization oi"innooent children" np to a certain date,is suggested-the latter only "ns a sug?gestion, not a recommendation." The"peace policy" heretofore adopted by theadministration with reference to theIndians, (though somewhat varied inpractice by exploits like thoso of the"Fiegan" massaore,) ia recommended tobe adhered to, "not only because it is? humane, Christian-like and economical,I but because it is right."Political amnesty is recommended,upon the ground, apparently, that nogood comes from excluding a particularI class of men from office, beoauso theyhad violated their oath to support theConstitution, while thousands whowould havo done so had they been in thesimo position, aro admitted to bo eligi?ble. It is added, "If there bo any greatcrimiuals distinguished abovo nil ol bor?for tho part they took in opposition tothe Government, they might, iu thejudgment of Congress, bo excluded fromsuch amnesty." It is needless to re?mark that such amnesty would not be"general,", and that tho vcr}' "excep?tions" would go far to defeut its effect,llegret is expressed that tho old citizensof tbe Southern States should not tnko amoro prominent part in public affairs,but tbe causes which binder them fromso doiug seem most imperfectly comprobended. Tbe wretched misrule of thecarpct-bag governments of those States,uow upheld by Kn Klux legislation, busfar mo: a to do with their prescht "un?happy condition" than any feeling ofpersonal hostility or "social ostracism"on tho part of the older iuhabitnnts to?ward thuBO who differ with them in po?litical sentiments. Natural causes, suchas climate, Roil and the state of the laborquestion, with present mnl-admiuistration, have quito us much to do with re?tarding "immigration and tho flow ofmuch-needed capital" into the South, nsany of tho causes which tho Presidentenumerates.In conclusion, Ibo President declareshimself in favor of such civil service re?form as will visit tho responsibility forbad appointments upon thoso who re?commend improper persons for oflWo tothe appointing power. Ile refers to thecommission appointed under tho Act ofCongress of March 31, 1871, to deviseregulations for tho reform of tho civilservice, and promises to give to thc ex?periment a fair trial.Taken ns a whole, the message is ofmoderato length, eirnplo and uupreten?tious in its style, rather negativo thanpositive in its merits, and certainly lessaggressive in its tonn and recommenda?tions than might havo been apprehend?ed, and porhups, by a certain elas-s olpolitical extremists and factioniatp, wasdesired.-Baltimore Sun.Gl?EENWOOD AND AUGUSTA RAIM;O.U>By appointment of au adjourned meet?ing of tho friends of tho Greenwood andAugusta Railroad, tho citizens of Abbe?ville and Edgeiield met at Hillway, onDecember 1, and, ou motion of Dr. J.H. Jennings, Gen. P. II. Bradley wascalled to the chair, and Dr. M. C. Tag?gart requested to act ns Secretary.Tho Chairman, in a forcible aud prac?tical manner, peculiar to himself, ex?plained the object of tho meeting, andwas happily successful in infusing intotho andience n spirit of unanimity unddetermination rarely met with. Abb?and instructive addresses were also madeby Dr. J. H. Jeuuings, Capt. Jas. Talbert, Capt. W. K. Bradley, J. D. Tal?bert, Esq., and others; and tho cheeringintelligence from delegates from Green?wood to Augusta, all along tho route, incont08tibly proves that our citizens tirealivo und in sober earnest in regard tothe road. If brains, muscio and moneywill build any railroad, theu tho Green?wood and Augusta Railroad will bebuilt, and tho subsequent action of themeeting shows they ure ready to go lowork now-at once-as soon as a charteris granted.Ou motion of J. D. Talbert, E-q., Hiefollowing resolutions were unanimouslyadopted :Resolved, That a committee of twelvebo appointed, who shall adopt such mea?sures as may bo necessary to seenru ucharter for a railroad, to ba known as thoGreenwood and Augusta Railroad.Resolved, That said committee bo au?thorized to have au immediato surveymade and published.Resolved, That said committee bo em?powered to raise, by subscription, auamount of money sutficicnt to have .saidsurvey m do along the proposed route,and for such other purposes ns, by saidcommittee, may be deemed advisable.Resolved. That certif?cales bo issuedby tho committee to individuals whosubscribo for this object, and that theamounts subscribed by them bo consi?dered as so much stock in the said rail?road.Under tho first resolution, the follow?ing gentlemen wero nppoiuted ns saidcommittee of twelve: Dr. J. ll. Jen?nings, Gen. P. TI. Bradley, J. D. Tal?bert, Esq., A. M. Aiken, Dr. N. Merriwetbor, S. P. Boozer, C. L. Blair, Maj.J. L. White, W. Ii. Parks, Dr. J. D.Neill, J. G. Sheppard and Capt. W. li.Bradley.On motion of Dr. J. Ii. Jennings,Resolved, That tho following citizensof Augusta, Go., be appointed lo co-operato with tho committee from S ?nthCarolina, to secure II charter for IboGreenwood and Augusta Railroad, Viz:Hon. R. H. May, Dr. Tho?. Pliiuizy,Austin Mullarky, Dr. Edward Burns, J.D. Butt, W. A. Ramsay, Thomas J.Jennings, Col. Jos. T, Smith and \Y. 1*.Crawford.Moved by Capt. Jas. Talbert, that fourof thc committee of twelve, constitute a iquorum to transact business.Oa motion of Capt. Jas. Tullun I, theSecretary was instructed to give notice Ithat nu application will bo usado to! theGeneral Assembly now in session forcharter for said road.A negro on tho Lawton placo inDougherty County, Ga., that and killedanother brother nigger lust Tuesday. !Sambo had belter keep his oyo skinned1or he might get soma Ku Klux document 'served him. Hardly though. There isla heap in being a nigger! i' Tho Courter, of Charleston, says that:Mr. jiioipton is tho appointee, auderthe Act of August 26, 1668, of GovernorScott, Mr. Attorney-General Chamber?lain and Mr; Treasurer Parker. TheAct says'trie1 "Governor, Attorney-Genoral^nnd tho Treasurer, aro heroby au?thorized to appoint, under n commissionsigned by them, somo:'responsible bankor broker .in "'tho city of New York, toact as Financial Agent of tho State, tobo subject ?0 their direction and con?trol." They accepted Mr. Kimptouwithout'security. Ho was, under thovery express terms of tho law, to bo sub?ject to their direction aud control. Theycannot, theroforo, either allego igaorancoof his acts, or disavow the responsibilitywhich they thus assumed. Anotherfuct is, that under tho law no bond orobligation could bo issued without thesignature of tho Govoruor, the seal ofState, und countersigned by tho Trea?surer. Tho whole finances of tho Statewero thtis committed to the FinancialBoard and tho Financial Agent. Tothem tho trust was committed. Uponthem, tho responsibility rested. Theyaro now mutually arraigned beforo thebar of public opinion, to answer and ac?count for the frauds, which, under theirnu me und authority, have been commit?ted, Tliero ure but two alternatives.They have either ueglcctcd or betrayedtheir trust ;. Upon thom, to au injuredaud defrauded peoplo, a responsibilityrests, which they can neither evade orescape, and for which they must finallyaccount at tho bar of public opiuiou.And also says thal :Mr. Chamberlain, in his publishedspeech, (before us,) nt Chester, in Au?gust, 1870, assorted tho whole publicdebt to bo but $0,183,349.17. Ho spokeas ono of tho Financial Board. But alittle over ii year has transpired siuce,and it is now admitted to bu uear 810,000,000-while tho Investigating Committen muka it over 820,000,000. Mr.Chamberlain then asserted-to uso hilown words-that "only $700,000 hadhecu added io tho publia debt of th?State since July, 1?S08." We know nonthat Gov. Scott and his Administratiothas li.id printed of bonds aud stocktsince July, 1808, 522,510,000.So far ns thu Ijt-gislulure and thipublic are concerned, tho FinaneiaBoard und Agent must be held respoueiIde for tho finances of tho State. It waitheir mission and their duty. They accepted the trust. lu thu face of tinprescut frauds, all must be held equal!;accountable. If, with any, the sin shoulihave been of omission und uot of commission, then ?ct the truth be franki,and clearly, stated, and the real perpttrators bo bri ught to justice.SOUTH CAHOMKA-THU FIKAXOUAULXT KNOWN AS A "GUTTED SIIAUXTho correspondent of the New York Trbunc, ut Charleston, throws, iu a recerletter, some new and interesting light otho condition of tho Stuto finances, twhich lie hus fur some time given a goodeal of attention, and his story is oewhich, if we had uot been prepared ftit by the doings of the ring in this cit;would sound very extraordinary. \Vhave given some account already of tlantecedents of Niles G. Parker, the StatTreasurer. He and Gov. Scott, and otKimpton, who has filled tho offioo i"State Agent" ir New York, uud who:solo business appears to havo hecu tlraising of funds for tho Churlestou riu|have hud tho funds uud credit of tlState wholly iu their bunds for tho lothree j-ears, nnd Kimpton, tho correpondent alleges, beforo ho was put inthis position, was a "street broker," iwhat is called in tho slang of tho Echango a "gutter shark"-that is,broker who has uo office, and transuchis business on tho sidewalk, aud ou tcof adj icent carts and barrels. The cutom of tho ring seems to have heeusend on Statu bonds to this worthyraise money for them on them, and liinstead of selling them, pledged thefor loans, und so went on pledging aiborrowing like clock-work, thc socuritiall tho while fulling iu value, and boiloccasionally sold hy alarmed leude:Into his doings no inquiry seems everhave been made, all tho Churlestou fiterni ty cared for being tho honoringtheir drafts. Now, however, their orciis wholly exhausted; no moro monoy cbo raised ou bouds; tho treasuryempty; the salaries of tho Stato oflicihave been long unpaid; and there isprovision for tho January interost. Llder theso circumstauces, tho Govertand Treasurer, and Comptroller, havelust to fuco un angry and swindled cooiunity, and try to answer same qulions as to their doiugs with tho nun:entrusted to their keeping, and wo oimoro commend thoir story to tho cciiideration of those persons who thiorder and prosperity eau bo restoredSouth Carolina, or uny other State, bliberal uso of horse, foot aud drugooIn judging tile ring, too, it must hemembered that behind them stooigrossly ignorant and corrupt Legislutuknowing nothing of finance and talion, of tho nature or value of pulcredit, and intent only on filling ltown pockets. This body actually gthu rincs unlimited power to issue honrestricting thom only as to the BUUmonoy to ho raised-a contrivancefacilitating stealing which has hudparallel in legislation except Twet"Board of Audit." A committee of tLegislature carno on to this city last simer, osteusibly tn look after Kimptbut nothing is known or has boen heof them or their doings since, extthat thoy lived sumptuously for tlmonths at n fashionable hotel, nnd \^back to Charleston iu lino condition,knowledgo of theso facts seems tonecessary to a pr< per eomprehensioithe ring "accounts."-Kew York KaiA mob in Mot cal fa County, Ky.,cen fly lynched a man for simply kithis own mother-in law. If it has cto such n pass that a trivial, aud tsometimes unavoidable, cironmatiliku that must expose n citizen tovengeance of tho Ku Jvlux, tho soimartial law is declared in that Statebetter for all well-disposed husbandsEbenezer Shaw waa assisted incelebration of his 100th bi rt h-day, rutly, by .I'1" of descendants.The New York Hatton Bays:These accounts aro very carious. luOctober, 1870, Parker, thc Treasurer,gave "au official statement" of the debtof the State, winch he sets down at$7,005,903.98. Six weeks later, theComptroller-General made a report, inwhich he put it at tho same amount nsParkor, but, oddly enough, gave u verydifferent account of its composition. Itnow appears that both these statementswere fulse. The tax-payers had iu thomeantime been getting alarmed, andheld a convention io May, 1871, of whichwo gave some account in the Nation, andthoy, sent a deputation to soo the Comp?troller, who repeated his falsehood ofthe previous December. Four mo TI th slater, in September, 1871, Gov. Scotttried his hand at giving the amount ofthe State debt before the CongressionalKu Klux Committee, and ho mado it outin all 89,523,504.10, which it now ap?pears was the greatest falsehood of all,for he must have known, and knew,that, besides this, Kimpton had then re?ceived and pledged bonds to the amountof over $5.000,000. Next, Parker andKimpton spent a day over the books,and on the 25th instant, handed to theTribune correspondent, as the result oftheir labor?, a statement showing thodebt to be $15,806,908.98. Finally, onTuesday, tho Legislature having con?vened, Governor Scott informed themiu his message that the whole publicdebt is 811,991,908, "which statemeutho knows, from a severe personal scru?tiny, to be current, nothing being sup?pressed."THE MIHTAUY ARRESTS.-Since ourreport, of Inst week, the following per?sons have been arrested by the militaryauthorities and committed to prison inthis place: C. Knox Williams. P. E.Moore, P. M. Mooro, W. F. Moore, J.H. Bloodworth. Of those previouslycommitted, and heretofore reported, thefollowing have been released: W. M.Robinson, S. J. Harvey, James White,J. S. Carroll. J. E. Carroll, Dr. T. M.Gwinu, H. Z. Porter, Sherrod Childers.Tho following have been orderod to at?tend trial nt Columbia, and have beenremoved heneo from the prison in thisplace, leaving now in confinement herothirteen men : J. S. Miller, John Ram?sey, Reuben McCall, J. T. Howe. P>.Sanderson, Wm. Thomnsson, Wm. Low?ry, J. F. Little, Evans Murphy, Wm.Montgomery, John Caldwell, J. A. Gra?ham, Capt..Tohu Mitchell.f Yorkville Enquirer.Few people complaining of life's misfortunen, aro aware of how much betterul! they are thau many of their fellowbeings. When they learn, as they readi?ly cnn from the last census returns, thatthero are in this country alone 20,320blind people, 37,582 insane, 24,527 idi?otic, aud 15,822 peoplo deaf and dumb,to say nothing of the unnumbered hostsof peoplo suffering under minor afflic?tions, health and souud faculties willperhaps be botter esteemed. Frightfulas this list appears, it is yet worthy ofnote, comparing much more favorably iuproportion to population than that ofany other country on the face of theearth, civilized or barbarous.SiNouiiAii CAUSE OK DEATH.-The Bos?ton Traveller, of November 28, says:Mr. E. C. Chambers, the Park streetstation agent of the Medford branch ofthe Boston and Maine Railroad, metwith his death in a very singular way,some days since. His little daughterwas sick with the diptheria and he puthis baud on her mouth for some purposeor other, and tho child seized upon hishand and bit it. The marks of theteeth were very slight, comparatively,tho skill was broken slightly, and thopoison from thu teeth was transmittedthrough Mr. Chamber's system, andafter a week's illness, during which timehis body became much swollen, be died.The United States steamer Richmondhas just landed ut Philadelphia a sarco- ,phugus recently discovered at Myceuic,alleged to contain the ashes of tho Apos?tle Paul. Wo object to transportingmich relics of mortality all over thuworld. Ooly lately tho dust of Vasco doGamma was started ou a voyage, aidnow we huve the osseous relics of a muo.'imore venerable celebrity brought to thucountry. Surely eighteen centuries oirepose in any spot ought certainly to en?title its occupant to tho right of posses?sion, and secure him from disturbance.Tho Rev. Brother Brock, of Tipton,Indiana, recently buried his wife.Since then ho hus engaged himself tothre-; women, married ono of thom, waasued for breach of promiao by one oftho others, got a divorce from tho oneho married, and married the one whosued him for the breach of promise, wastried by au ecclesiastical connoil andsuspended from oonferenoe, then wentaud joined the Campbellito Church, andho aud his third wife were both baptised-and all this he did within fivo months.A citizen of Oregon, ninety-one yearsof age, has boen arrested for perjury,j Wo think that a mau at that time of lifeI ought to bo permitted to swear prettymuch as he pleases.MARRIED,Un 2il instant, at tho residouco of Dr. P. G.McGregor, by Hov. Father Francis Jacquemet, Mr. W. J. M AG KATH, of Obarlestou, H.G., to Miss BELINA E., eldest daughter oftho late Charles J. Dollin. No cards.In Gel u min a, ?. C., on tbo 30th November,1X71, at the residouco of tho bridc'B father, bytho Kev. Manning Brown, J. KNOX LIVING?STON, of BennettRVille, H. C., and ELLA A.,daughter of J. II. Wells. No cards.j In the District Conrt of the UnitedStates for Sooth Carolina.! In tho matter of Gonvenior M. Wilkins, otI Columbia, 8. C., bankrupt.-Petition forfull and tinal diauhargo in bankruptcy.OKDKKED, That a bearing be had on tbosecond day of January, A. 1>. 1872, atFederal Court flouso in Charleston, S. C.;and that all creditors, Ac, of said bankruptappear at said timo and placo, and abowcuuue, if any thoy can, why tho prayer of thopetitioner should not bo granted; and thattho second and third meetings of creditors ofsaid bankrupt will bu hold at the o?lce of C.J. .) A KI. Kit, Esq., ltogister of bankrupt, New?berry District, H. C., on 28th day of Docombor, 1871, at 12 M. By order of the Court,2d dav of December, 1871.DANIEL HOULBECK,j Clerk of tho Diatrlct Court of tho UnitedI Ht ate? for South Carolina. Doc 8 fit..THE TWEEDS OF THE SOUTH."-TheBuffalo (N. Y.) Courier, in an editorialblaring the above caption, save."A Western Republican journal makes'the observation that three years of Radioal legislation in a Southern State, is acalamity equal to a Chicago fire. Thisproposition is borue out by an exhibitwhich the New York IVibune has justgiven of the condition to which the1wretched Slate of Sooth Carolina hasboon reduced by its Radical despoilers/'Here follows an extract from the edi?torial of the New York Tribune, whichappeared in our columna on Saturdaylast. The editor of the Buffalo CourierO in ti uu ea thus: ..'We feel safe in predicting that nopunishment whatever, except such as arighteous Heaveu may elect to send, willever reach these thieves. Their partywill cover their tracks, and deprecatesuoh talk as the Tribune holds as 'dis?loyal,' aud will pooh-pooh every honetistatement of their rascalities in time tocome, just an it has been doing for eixyears past. Moreover, when the peopleof South Carolina make their next des?perate effort to esoapo from the clutohesof the Radical bauditti, the whole Northwill bo told that it is the outbreak of anew rebellion, and Federal troops willbe sent to take care of tho polls and putdown 'Ku Klux.' It needed only theexertion of her regal will for a single dayto free Now York city from har brigands,but some of the Southern States havebeen struggling in the clutch of farmore desperate thieves for years, andstill struggle in vain. Thu worse thanTammany thieves who havo made sixSouthern States baukrupt, and the sum ofwhose robberies ia estimated at $250,000,000, have been, and still are, auatainedby the whole moral power of the Repub?lican party, and at ueed hy tho militarypower of the Federal Gov?-rutneut"And yet the Republican pres? busthe impudence to taunt Dem?crata withhaving sustained dishonest men in power in New York."A WHOLESALE MUBDERESS.-One olthe mont remarkable cases ever put on acriminal docket is about to be tried iuNew Haven. Tho uecused, Mrs. Sher?man, is chat gen ia thu indictment ?ituthe guilt of four cold-blooded nod un?natural murders, whi'.o by popular oph?ion she is guilty of these and never?mord. All of her vic-im*-il least all ifthese eleven-were connected to her bythe closest domestic ties, us the lift ismade ni? of threu husbands, six ownchildren aud two step-children.-. . ' ?? ? *.HEAVY SNOW STORM,-This sectionwas visited last week with oae of theheaviest suow storms we hive ever knownhere. It began to fall on Thursdayevening, and continued all that nightand a portion nf Friday. On levelplaces it measured seven inches deep.I Chester Reporter.A Mrs. Failey, of White County,Tenn., fell into the Ore while nuder theinfluence of a ht one day last week, andwaa burned tu death, thu tire communi?cating by her clot hes to her baby's crib,near by, also bnruiug the child to aj crisp.The Ruston Post saya that a man inTroy loft a hoarding house just becausea rut bit off his eur. When people getto bu that particular about trifles, they.ought to quit boarding and go to keep?ing house.j A negro girl in Selma. Alabama, skipsropo with a pailful of water on her bendI wilh^ift spilling a drop.A meeting of the Tam mu ny sachems,for the alleged purpose of expellingI Tweed, hail no quorum.Alexis hus telegraphed for Drivegulsoff to come on und join hi? suite imm??diat el v.GEORGE PAGE & CO.,Xu. !i X. Shuirder ftrrct, J ?alt hitor?-, Md.,MaimU'?turere i?1POUTAOt.K AM) KTATIUNA11YSTEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,Paten Improved, TunableCIR CU Ia A lt SAW MILLS.CA NO. M CL A V A XI) SASH SA W MILLS.4 * HIST MI Lbs. TIMBER WHEELS, SHIN\JT OLE MACHINES, to. Dealers in Ciicnlar Saws, belting und Milt supplies generally,and manufacturer's agents fur Lend'* Cele?brated Tui bine Water Wheel und every dcucrlptfon of Wood, Working Machinery.AG tl IOU LTU HAL ENGINES A SPECIALTY.sarSeud for descriptivo Catalocriioo andPries Lists. May 2.1 i+ITly?33ooRMANUFACTURER AND DEALER, No. 2CHayne street ami Horlbeck s Wharf,OhnrloRton, 8. (5. Thia in the lamest andmost completo factory of tho kind in thcSouthern States, aud all articles in thia linccan be furnished by Mr. P. P. Tonie at pricecwhich dofy competition.?ar A pamphlet with full and detailed Hstof all sizes of Doors, Sashes and blinda, andtho prices of each, will he sent freo and poBtpuid. on application toJuly ll ilyr P. P. TOALE._PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'SCOMPOUNDACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME,For Composting with Cotton Soed.Price f25 dish, with Usual Advance for Time,THIS artiole ia prepared undor tho Huporintondonco of Dr. ST. JULIEN H AVENELexpressly for composting with Cotton Seed.It was introduced hy this Company tweyears ago, and its uso has fully attested ittvalue. 200 to 2.50 pounds of this article peiaero, properly composted with tho samtweight of Cotton Seed, furnishes tho plantelwith a FERTILIZER of the highest excellenee at tho smallest cost. A compost prcpared with this article, aa by printed direc?tions furnished, contains all tho elements olfertility that eau enter into a first class FER?TILIZER, while its economy must commendits liberal nto to planters.For supplies and printed directions foicomposting, apply toJ. N. ROBSON,Agont Pacific Guano Company.No. G8 East Bay tc Nos. 1 A 2 Atlantic WharfCharloston, S. C.JOHN S. REESE A CO., General Agents.MONEY GANHOT BUY IT!. Vor licht is Fr?cele??!Oui the Diamond Spectacles wilt Preserv? lt.IP yon value your eyesight use thees PER?KE ex JJKHSEN. Ground from minutecrystal pebbles, melted together, end derivetheir name "Diamond" on account of theirhardness and brilliauoy. They will last manyyearn without change, and are warranted an?terior 'o all others, manufactured byJ. E. SPENCES A GO., N. Y.CAUTIOH.-None genuine unie PB stampedwith our trade mark. WM. GLAZE, Jewelerand Optician, ie sole agent for Columbi?, 8.0., fr otu whom they can only be obtained.No peddlers employed._Joly 20 IlllyA. B. MULLIGAN,COTTON FACTOH,CHARLESTON, 8. C.I WILL, when placed In funds, purabase and forward all kinds of Morohaodize. Machinery, Agricultural 1mIplomonts, Fortilizers, Ac Oct 0 jjjKinsman Howell.Factors and CommissionMerchants,Liberal Advances made onCotton and Naval Stores.Charleston^ S, C.Auxuet 914m oA GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY]MILLIONS Bear Testimony te sheWonderful Curative Eflects ofDB. WAL KEB'S CALIFORNIAVINEGAR BITTERS?JJ WALK?* Propriet?r. B. U. WcDoni.ii A Co, Pranlst? aslOes. Af' ti, Sin FTSDCIMO, CIL, and SI Mil 3* Ooma o rte rsi. SAfVinegar Bitters are not avile Fancy DrlnlMade of Poor Rom, Whiskey, Proof Spiritand Refuse Liquors doctored, spiced and awecfcried to please tho taste, called "Tonics,* "A pp ct I:era," " Restorers," &c, that lead the tippler ondrunkenness and rain, bnt nre ri true Medicine, mafrom tba Nativo Hoots and Herbs .of California, :from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They aro tbGREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LilGIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Renovator an|Invigorator of tho System, carrying off all poisonovmatter and restoring tho blood to n healthy condltlozjKo person can take thean Bitters according to dire*tiona and remain long unwell, provided their bon?,are not deatroyed by mineral poison or other meand the vital organs wasted beyond tho point of t\pair. OThey area Gentle Purga! I TO as well as jTonic, possessing also, tho peculiar merit of acthas a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflanelation of the Liver, and all tho Visceral Organa.FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whetheryoung or old, married or Bingle, at tba dawn of .manhood or attbo turn of life,thesoTonlcBittcrsbavno equal. 'For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumsliam and Gour, Dyspepsia or Indigestion1Bilious, Remittent nnd Intermittent FeverDlscuaee of tho Blood, Liver, Kidneys, axBladder, these Bitters havo been most snccessfSuch Diseases are cn used by Vitiated BlooJwhich ls generally produced by derangement of tqDigestive Organs.DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Ileaache, Pain In tho Shoulders, Cottgbs, Tightness of 1Chest, Dizziness, Boar Eructations of the StomacBad taste In the Month, Bilious Attacks, Palpltatlrjof the Heart, Inflammation of the Langs, Fain Inregion* of tho Kidneys, and a hundred other pssymptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia.They Invigorate the Stomac h and stimulate the Ipld liver and bowels, which render them of nnequallJefficacy In cleansing the blood of all Imparities, a?jImparting new Ufo and vigor to tho whole ayaiem.FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, S JRheum, Blotches Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls, Cdbanclcs, Ring-Worms, Scald-Head, Boro Eyes, Krisijelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations ol the Skin, Humeand Diseases of the Bkin, of whatever name or natu*!are literally dug np and carried out of thc system lr?hort time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle Isuch cases will convinco tho most Incredulous of tbJcurative effect.Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever yon findImpurities bursting through tho skin In Pimples, ErtHons or Bores, cleanse lt when yon find lt ohMrocL,and sluggish In the veins: cleanse lt wlien lt la foul, niyonr feelings wilt tell yon when. Keep tho blood pu]and the health of ?io system will follow. 1PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking In Lsystem of so many thousands, are effectually a eat nied and removed. For nui directions. rc?if carefulthe circular around each bottle, printed lu four bfgusges- English, German, French and Spanish.J. WALKER, Proprietor. H. H. MCDONALD St C,Druggist* and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cab, iS3 and Si Commerce Street, New York.tysoLD EY ALL DRTJGOISTS AND DIJanglely 'QEIGKli .dr aio'ittJUiUxt, a?,u, !QBPOtnfe, PiCDjdAFEW reasons why they should have tlnrdferenoo over all others:1. Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machinomuch simpler than any of tho others; riqniring lees than half tho amount of miohinery. ..., 2. As thc result of this simplicity, Ibis rajchine in much less lisblo than trie others. got ont of repair..1 S. Another result ct thia (-InipHcityi| greater durability.' 4. Another result is loss friction, and, coilaequently, greater eaeo and rapidity of mlitton, with ICHB uoiac.[ 5. And greatest of all, thal it uses no Sintie, and makes tho lock stitch.lt ia tho cheapest to buy the best. Boy tmachine that has justly, fairly and bono,biy won a r?putation and indeponden?against a strong and bittercnropotitlon. Iimore than twenty years bas tho Whcele(Wilson not only stood brat and foremost.;now stands tho v.niivalled 8ewinn Machim'the enlightened civilized world. Buy thcchino that has been thus tested and prov?*nd then you are snro to get tho best. ?sale on the eatieet possible terms. Balroom Main street, second door below Fns:office, Columbia,8. 0.J. 8. P?RSLEY, AgentA. WUVTE, General Southern ARCut,Juno 21_fimThe Southern and AtlanticTELEGRAPHCNow Open for Bneiness.OFFICE, COLUMBIA HOTEL._8epU4The Doctors Recommend Seegers' BIN praferenoe to London Porter and SeoAle. Why? They know it ie nnadnlteratSTOCKS, BONDS and COUPONS bouand sold by D. GAMRBILL.Breko